LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Forest Service will implement road restrictions on Mount Charleston to facilitate several projects on State Route 158 (SR158). SR158 will be closed from the Deer Creek Picnic Area to the intersection of SR156 from 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 10 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 12. Crews will be hauling debris from a blasting project designed to create sightlines between oncoming traffic and the nearby parking lot, which is being expanded.

During this project, both the picnic area and SR156 will remain open, and area residents will have access to their homes. The general public will be able to access the mountain via SR156 (Lee Canyon) and SR157 (Kyle Canyon). Residents and members of the public desirous of going from Lee Canyon to Kyle Canyon, and vice versa, will have to go down to US95 to get across the mountain.

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